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InverseLaplaceTransforms
FindingtheLaplacetransformofafunctionisnotterriblydifficultifwevegotatableoftransformsinfront
ofustouseaswesawinthelastsection.Whatwewouldliketodonowisgotheotherway.

Wearegoingtobegivenatransform,F(s),andaskwhatfunction(orfunctions)didwehaveoriginally.As
youwillseethiscanbeamorecomplicatedandlengthyprocessthantakingtransforms.Inthesecaseswe
saythatwearefindingtheInverseLaplaceTransformofF(s)andusethefollowingnotation.


AswithLaplacetransforms,wevegotthefollowingfacttohelpustaketheinversetransform.

Fact
GiventhetwoLaplacetransformsF(s)andG(s)then

foranyconstantsaandb.

So,wetaketheinversetransformoftheindividualtransforms,putanyconstantsbackinandthenaddor
subtracttheresultsbackup.

Letstakealookatacoupleoffairlysimpleinversetransforms.

Example1Findtheinversetransformofeachofthefollowing.
(a) [Solution]

(b) [Solution]

(c) [Solution]

(d) [Solution]

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